Legal Studies HSC examination specifications The examination will consist of a written paper worth 100 marks. Time allowed: 3 hours plus 5 minutes reading time. The paper will consist of three sections. Questions in Sections I and II may refer to stimulus.
Section I – Core: Crime and Human Rights (20 marks) • There will be objective response questions (multiple choice) to the value of 20 marks. • Questions to the value of 15 marks will be drawn from Crime. • Questions to the value of 5 marks will be drawn from Human Rights.
Section II – Core: Crime and Human Rights (30 marks)This section will consist of two parts.
Part A – Human Rights (15 marks) • There will be short-answer questions to the value of 15 marks. • The questions may be in parts. • There will be approximately four items in total.
Part B – Crime (15 marks) • There will be one extended response question to the value of 15 marks. • The expected length of response will be around four pages of an examination writing booklet (approximately 600 words).
Section III – Options (50 marks) • There will be seven extended response questions, one for each option. • Each question will be worth 25 marks. • Each question will have two alternatives. • Candidates will be required to answer two alternatives, each on a different option.** • The expected length of each response will be around eight pages of an examination writing booklet (approximately 1000 words).
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Legal Studies HSC examination specifications
The examination will consist of a written paper worth 100 marks. Time allowed: 3 hours plus 5 minutes reading time.
The paper will consist of three sections.
Questions in Sections I and II may refer to stimulus.
Section I – Core: Crime and Human Rights (20 marks) • There will be objective response questions (multiple choice) to the value of 20 marks.
• Questions to the value of 15 marks will be drawn from Crime.
• Questions to the value of 5 marks will be drawn from Human Rights.
Section II – Core: Crime and Human Rights (30 marks) This section will consist of two parts.
Part A – Human Rights (15 marks) • There will be short-answer questions to the value of 15 marks. • The questions may be in parts. • There will be approximately four items in total.
Part B – Crime (15 marks) • There will be one extended response question to the value of 15 marks. • The expected length of response will be around four pages of an examination writing booklet (approximately 600 words).
Section III – Options (50 marks) •
There will be seven extended response questions, one for each option.
• Each question will be worth 25 marks.
• Each question will have two alternatives.
• Candidates will be required to answer two alternatives, each on a different option.**
• The expected length of each response will be around eight pages of an examination writing booklet (approximately 1000 words).